Purchased at a liquor store in Nozawa Onsen. It has a unique flavor and sweetness, with a slight bitterness. It has a mildly strong flavor. The bottle was supposed to take about 40 minutes to open, but it opened immediately. There were no spills.
Sharp acidity and fruity sweetness.
Lightly rice flavor from the
Slightly bitter and tight taste.
Neutral umami.
Slightly light.
A good food sake.
Taste 4/5
Tanakaya Sake Brewery, Iiyama City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan Mizuo Tokubetsu Junmai Shu, Tanpu
Made from 100% Kinmon-Nishiki produced in Nagano Prefecture using the best water in Okushinano.
It has a low alcohol content of 13% and is a summery sake that goes down smoothly.
It goes well with pickled nozawana (green vegetables), etc.
I went to Isetan with Ao and tasted it and bought it.
I didn't know Mizuo was here and was just hanging around when Ao called me and I went over there and they were having a Mizuo tasting 😁.
The person in charge of the brewery was a woman named Ms. Tanaka, so I guess she was the proprietress? I wonder if she is the mother of the person who came to Hankyu last year.
I decided to buy it immediately after taking a sip.
The rice used is Kinmon-nishiki.
It is fire-brewed but slightly effervescent. It is refreshing, with a strong acidity and a short aftertaste. It is low in alcohol, but has more umami than expected.
I thought it tasted similar to something when I tasted it, a little bit like the summer junmai ginjo from Shinshu Kamerei that I had before 🤔.
It's not as sweet and gassy as Shinshu Kamerei, though.
Kinmon-nishiki, I've never heard of this rice before, but it's so delicious!
I heard it is a very rare rice.
It's like water, it's so easy to drink, it's dangerous... All Nagano's sake is beautiful, but Mizuo's is so bad...
Suio, an occasional drink.
As expected, it has a clean and refreshing taste.
A perfect sake for hot summer!
Delicious cold
Ingredients : Rice (domestic), rice malt (domestic), brewers alcohol
Rice used: 100% Hitogokochi (rice grown in Iiyama, Nagano Prefecture)
Rice polishing ratio: 59
Alcohol content : 15
Water used: Nozawa, Mizuo spring water
Content : 720ml
Production Date : 2025.05